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La Traversée de Bourvil
2022
as Self (archive footage)
Bourvil
Acting
Born:July 27, 1917
Died:September 23, 1970(aged 53)
Birthplace:Prétot-Vicquemare, Seine-Inférieure [now Seine-Maritime], France
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André Robert Raimbourg (27 July 1917 – 23 September 1970), better known as André Bourvil, and mononymously as Bourvil, was a French actor and singer best known for his roles in comedy films, most notably in his collaboration with Louis de Funès in the films Le Corniaud (1965) and La Grande Vadrouille (1966). For his performance in Le Corniaud, he won a Special Diploma at the 4th Moscow International Film Festival. Bourvil's father was killed in the First World War before he was born. As a result, he spent his entire childhood in the village of Bourville, from which he took his stage name. He married Jeanne Lefrique on 23 January 1943. After a battle with Kahler's syndrome, which attacks the bone marrow, he died at the age of 53. He is buried in Montainville, Yvelines. In his comic performances Bourvil principally played roles of gentle and well-meaning characters who were often a bit obtuse or naïve, such as his roles opposite the hyperactive, dishonest and bossy ones played by Louis de Funès. Bourvil's characters not only managed to make viewers laugh, but also to save themselves, often unwittingly, from the Machiavellian designs of his adversaries. Bourvil was, however, also capable of more dramatic roles such as the handyman in L'Arbre de Noël (1969). In this role he observes the relationship between a man he works for and the young son who has fallen ill. The audience can identify with the character played by Bourvil, just as they can in his comic roles, so often as a simple man. One can also note his role of Monsieur Thénardier in the film adaptation of Les Misérables (1958), and his penultimate role as the policeman Mattei in Jean-Pierre Melville's Le Cercle rouge (1970). In March 1948, Bourvil took part in the complete recording of Offenbach's The Tales of Hoffmann with artists of the Paris Opéra-Comique conducted by André Cluytens, playing the four 'servant' roles. Description above from the Wikipedia article Bourvil, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Filmography (70 movies)
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8.0
Studio en folies
1947
as Self
7.9
7.9
Don't Look Now... We're Being Shot At!
1966
as Augustin Bouvet, house painter
7.9
7.9
The Wise Guys
1965
as Hector Valentin
7.9
7.9
La Bonne Planque
1964
as Antoine Perrin
7.8
7.8
Lino Ventura, la part intime
2018
as Self (archive footage)
7.6
7.6
Le Cercle Rouge
1970
as Commissioner François Mattei
7.6
7.6
The Longest Day
1962
as Mayor of Colleville
7.5
7.5
Fortunate
1960
as Noël Fortunat
7.5
7.5
Les Rois de la comédie
2023
as Self (archive footage)
7.4
7.4
The Sucker
1965
as Antoine Maréchal
7.3
7.3
The Brain
1969
as Anatole
7.3
7.3
La Traversée de Paris
1956
as Marcel Martin, unemployed taxi driver
7.2
7.2
Les Misérables
1958
as Thénardier
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7.0
Bourvil, du comique paysan au génie de l'acteur
2015
as Self (archive footage)
6.7
6.7
The Hunchback of Paris
1959
as Passepoil
6.6
6.6
My Wife's Husband
1963
as André Colombey
6.6
6.6
Wear His Heart on His Sleeve
1949
as Leon Ménard
6.6
6.6
Royal Affairs in Versailles
1954
as Museum guard
6.6
6.6
Thank Heaven for Small Favors
1963
as Georges Lachaunaye
6.5
6.5
Les Culottes rouges
1962
as Fendard
6.5
6.5
The Singer from Mexico
1957
as Bilou
6.5
6.5
Captain Blood
1960
as Baladin Cogolin
6.4
6.4
White as Snow
1948
as Léon Ménard
6.4
6.4
The Big Swag
1965
as Louis Bourdin, metro ticket puncher and writer
6.3
6.3
All the Gold in the World
1961
as Mathieu Dumont / Antoine Dumont / Martial Dumont
6.3
6.3
The Three Musketeers
1953
as Planchet
6.2
6.2
Crazy for Love
1952
as Hippolyte Lemoine, neveu d'Augustine
6.2
6.2
Atlantic Wall
1970
as Léon Duchemin, Norman restaurateur
6.2
6.2
Sunday Encounter
1958
as Jean Brévent
6.2
6.2
Mr. Peek-a-Boo
1951
as Léon Dutilleul
6.2
6.2
The Mirror Has Two Faces
1958
as Pierre Tardivet
6.1
6.1
Don't Tempt the Devil
1963
as Albert Gaudet, investigating judge
6.1
6.1
The Hussars
1955
as le trompette Flicot Jean-Louis
6.1
6.1
The Christmas Tree
1969
as Verdun
6.1
6.1
The Prize
1950
as Isidore Pastouret
6.0
6.0
Bourvil, un homme vrai
2016
as Self (archive footage)
6.0
6.0
Way of Youth
1959
as Charles Michaud
6.0
6.0
Comiques de toujours, coffret Vol. 1 & 2
2007
as Self (archive footage)
6.0
6.0
Jean Gabin, le dernier des géants
2015
as Self (archive footage)
5.9
5.9
The Big Wash
1968
as Armand Saint-Just
5.8
5.8
April Fools' Day
1954
as Émile Dupuy
5.8
5.8
The Busybody
1961
as André Loriot
5.8
5.8
Monte Carlo or Bust!
1969
as Monsieur Dupont
5.7
5.7
The Big Scare
1964
5.6
5.6
The Hotshots
1968
as Jules Auguste Duroc
5.6
5.6
The Dirty Game
1965
as Lalande
5.5
5.5
The Green Mare
1959
as Honoré Haudouin
5.5
5.5
By the Window
1948
as Gaston 'Pilou'
5.5
5.5
Le Tournage du Corniaud… Tout sauf un long fleuve tranquille
2015
as Self (archive footage)
5.5
5.5
Hanged Man's Farm
1945
as Le bourrelier, le chanteur à la noce
5.3
5.3
Miquette
1950
as Urbain de la Tour-Mirande
5.3
5.3
Le Roi Pandore
1950
as Léon Ménard, le gendarme
5.3
5.3
One Hundred Francs Per Second
1953
as Self
5.0
5.0
Un clair de Lune à Maubeuge
1962
as Le chanteur à la télévision
5.0
5.0
Josefa's Loot
1963
as Pierre Corneille
5.0
5.0
Les Arnaud
1967
as Judge Henri Arnaud
4.9
4.9
Not So Stupid
1947
as Léon Ménard
4.8
4.8
Tartarin de Tarascon
1962
as Priest who reinflates the tire of his moped
4.8
4.8
Cadet Rousselle
1954
as Jérôme Baguindet
4.7
4.7
Three Disordered Children
1966
as Eugène Laporte, entrepreneur de travaux publics
4.7
4.7
The Stud
1970
as William Chaminade
4.5
4.5
Le Fil à la patte
1954
as Camille Bouzin
4.5
4.5
Alone in Paris
1951
as Henri Milliard, le jeune marié campagnard
4.2
4.2
Serenade of Texas
1958
as Me Jérôme Quilleboeuf
Bourvil : le rire et la tendresse
2025
as Self (Footage Archives)
A Star to the Sun
1943
as (uncredited)
Comiques de toujours (Vol. 1 à 4)
2009
as Self (archive footage)
Comiques de toujours (Vol. 3 & 4)
2008
as Self (archive footage)
Bourvil : Bien... si bien
2009
as Self (archive footage)
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